•739.
Novfiiibei.
As our fituation afforded no better means of afcertainlng a point of fo
iinterefting a nature, the above rate and error was of necelFity adopted;
(Ubjeft however to correftion by fubfequent obfervation^, which was
accordingly done, and the longitude fo corretled is affixed to all our fu-
ture fituations, as alfo to the pofition of the coaft and adjacent iflands,
until our departure from New Albion.
In the forenoon we unmoored, and about ten at flight, with a light Tmidav;, foutlierl)' breeze, we weighed and failed out of the bay; but the wind continuing light and variable, we made little progrefs until the forenoon of the 6th, when, with the regular northerly breeze, we hauled in clofe w >'!!.<f. t to point Pinos, and there recommenced our furvey of this coafl; fouth- eafl;ward from Monterrey.
Point Pinos, as already defcribed to form the fouth-eaff point of Monterrey bay, is a low ])rojefting point of land, covered with trees, chiefly the flone-pine. From hence the exterior coafl. takes a direftion s. 28 vi, about four miles to the north point of the bay of Carmelo, which is a fmall open and expofed fituation, containing fome detached rocks; and having a rocky bottom is a very improper place for anchorage. Into this bay flows the river Carmelo, pafllng the miflion of St. Carlos, and at a little dift;ance from the fea, it is faid to abound with a variety of excellent fifli.
In a direftion about K. by s, from St. Carlos, at the diftance of about 15 leagues, is the miffion of St. Antonio, eftabliftied in the year 1792. From the north point of the bay of Carmelo, the coafl takes a direc- tion s. by K. .j leagues, to a linall, high, rocky lump of land, Iving about half a mile from the (hore, which is nearlv barren; indeed, the trees from point Pinos extend a little way only to the fouthward of the bay of Carmelo, where the mount.iins rife rather abrupjly from the lea: and the naked fliores, excepting one or two fandy beaches, are intirely compofed of fttep rock^' cliffs.
Southward from the detached m^ of land, the coafl, which takes a direflion s. 40 e., is nearly flraight and compaft; the mountains form one uninterrupted, though rather uneven, ridge, with cliafms and tjuh lies on their fides; the whole to all appearance nearlv drllitute of ve'^e- ration.
